E. G. Brende Biography


	This biography appears on page 1161 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				E. G. BRENDE. 

	E. G. Brende, who is now living retired on his farm of three 
hundred and twenty acres in Sverdrup township, Minnehaha county, was 
successfully identified with general agricultural pursuits throughout 
his active business career and enjoys an enviable reputation as a 
substantial and esteemed citizen of his community. He was born on the 
North sea on the 5th of May, 1867, a son of Gudmund and Lisbet Brende. 
The father, a pioneer agriculturist of South Dakota who settled in the 
state in 1870, owned six and one-half quarter sections of land at the 
time of his demise in 1902. 

	E. G. Brende, who was but three years of age when brought to this 
state by his parents, attended the public schools in the acquirement of 
an education and afterward turned his attention to farming, being 
continuously engaged in the work of the fields throughout his entire 
business career. He retired in 1913 but still resides on his farm, 
which comprises three hundred and twenty acres of valuable land in 
Sverdrup township. Prosperity attended his efforts as an agriculturist, 
and he has long been numbered among the successful and representative 
citizens of his county. 

	Mr. Brende exercises his right of franchise in support of the men 
and measures of the republican party and has ably served as clerk of 
the school board. His religious faith is that of the Evangelical 
church, in which he acted as trustee for three years. He has resided in 
Minnehaha county for a period of forty-five years, or throughout nearly 
his entire life, and has witnessed the development of that section of 
the state as primitive conditions have been conquered by sturdy 
pioneers and evidences of a modern civilization became everywhere 
manifest.